Painter&#39;s guide



July 17, 1956 L. CRAWFORD PAINTERS GUIDE Filed Sept. 22. 1953 George L.Crawford INVENTOR.

Media. BY mm United States Patent PAINTERS GUIDE George L. Crawford,Conneaut Lake, Pa. Application September 22, 1953, Serial No. 381,693 1Claim. (Cl. 118--504) This invention relates to a painters guide andmore specifically provides a guide wherein painters may apply paint in astraight line.

An object of this invention is to provide a painters guide used inmaking a straight line wherever desired such as on windows, base boardsand other trim work.

Another object of this invention is to provide a novel painters guidewhich may be easily handled, engages the painted surface in asubstantial line of contact and further provides a non-smear guide.

A further object of this invention is to provide a painters guide inmaking a straight line when applying paint which is simple inconstruction, easy to manipulate, inexpensive to manufacture andefficiently performs its necessary functions.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the painters guide of thisinvention in operative position on a window for painting a window sashwherein the sash is being painted and paint is being prevented fromcontacting the window pane.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section taken substantially alongsection line 22 of Figure 1 showing details of the specific structure ofthe painters guide.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings, it will be seen thatthe numeral generally designates the painters guide of this inventionand as shown in the specific embodiment used in conjunction with awindow sash 12 having a window pane 14 held therein by suitable putty,or the like, 16.

The painters guide 10 is composed of an integral piece of sheet materialsuch as sheet metal and as best seen in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawingsthe painters guide 10 has a guide plate 18 with an angularly disposedportion 20 depending beneath the guide plate 18 for engaging the surfaceof the window 14 in a substantial line contact adjacent the edge of thesash 12 and putty 16 which is to be painted. The angularly disposedportion 20 is along one edge of the plate 18 and the other edge of theplate 18 is return bent at 22 and a second plate 24 is formed parallelto and engaging the upper surface of the plate 18 and the plate 24 inturn is return bent at portion 26 forming a third plate 28 which isparallel to and overlying the plate 24 and in mutually reinforcingengagement therewith over all of its area. Portion 26 is positioned ontop of and at the junction of plate 18 and angularly disposed portion20. At the edge of the plate 28 which is parallel to the return bentportion 22 the plate 28 is formed with a right angularly upstandingportion 30, a return bent 32 and a second upstanding plate 34 which issubstantially parallel to the upstanding 2,754,799 Fatented July 17,1956 plate 30 and terminates at the right angle junction between plate28 and plate 30. As best seen in Figure l the uppermost fiat plate 28has projecting wing-like portions 36 bent downwardly over the side edgesof the plates 24 and 18 and the rear portion of the wing member 36 has aright angularly extending portion 38 and a return bent portion 48 whichterminates at the junction of the portion 38 and the wing member 36thereby forming a return bend leg which supports the plates along a linewhich is coincident with the return bend portion 22 and the upstandingplates 30 and 34. It will be obvious that the upstanding plates 30 and34 form a hand grip which runs substantially the entire length of thepainters guide 10 and the return bent legs 38 and 40 form supportinglegs which are parallel to the hand grip and project outwardly from theside edges of the plate members 18, 24 and 28. The rear surface of thevarious plates and the legs are substantially Hush and the return legs40 space the rear edge of the plates from the supporting surface 14thereby assuring a line contact of the angularly extending portion 20.

The operation of the device will be readily understood. When it isdesired to make a straight line while painting, the painters guide 10 isplaced on the surface with the legs 40 against a supporting surface andthe angularly off-set portion making a line contact therewith, the paintbrush with paint thereon is moved along the angularly extending portion20 and contacting the surface to be painted in an obvious manner therebymaking a straight line of paint. Obviously, this device may be used inpainting window sash as shown in this specific embodiment and also maybe used in painting straight lines on walls, framework and various othertrim work. Obviously the device may be made of any desirable lengthdepending upon the size of the particular job in which this is used, andany suitable material such as paper, plastic, and sheet metal may beemployed in its construction and other minor structural changes may bemade as desired.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device, willbe readily understood and further explanation is believed to beunnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction shown and described, andaccordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resortedto, falling within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A painters guide comprising a sheet of material having a downwardlyinclined guide plate at its front edge, an upwardly projecting flangefolded upon itself and forming a hand grip at the rear edge of the sheetof material and positioned parallel to the guide plate, the centralportion of the sheet of material between the guide plate and the flangebeing folded upon itself to form multiple mutually reinforcing layers ofmaterial throughout the entire area of said central portion and saidmultiple layers having a rounded front edge portion on top of and at thejunction of the guide plate with said central portion of the sheet ofmaterial, and legs extending downwardly at the rear portion of the sheetof material and supporting the central portion thereof spaced from thesurface of work against which the guide is placed.

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